Threats of legal actions
against the NPP Party is far from ending, as another member of the party and an
aspirant of the National Executive Council Election in the Upper East Region,
has expressed his intention to file legal suit against the leadership of party
if the recent confirmation of the three representatives of the region is not
annulled by close of July 4, 2014. Over the weekend, the
NPP organised a delegate congress at the regional level to elect members to
represent the region at the National Executive Council. In the process, delegates across the 15
constituencies of the region namely confirmed, Joseph Kofi Adda, Former MP for
Navrongo Central, Rockson Ayine Bukari and Sulley Yirimea, to represent the
region at the National Executive Council. One of the aspirants, Abdallah Otito
Achuliwor, who picked a nomination form but could not meet the deadline for the
submission, was left out. Mr Achuliwor at a press conference in Bolgatanga accused
the Regional Executives of the party led by the Regional Chairman, Adams Mahama
for his inability to meet to required deadline and described his denial as a
calculated move to disenfranchise him and all others who had interest in any of
the three positions. According to him, the regional executives made things easy
for the three to enable them sail through. Mr Achuliwor, explained that there
was no announcement for interested persons to pick nomination forms and besides
when he got hold of the event from some party members, the forms were not
ready. He further lamented that, even
though he made frantic effort to get the nomination form on that approved date, he could not get the nomination form and only
had it two days before. Beyond that, he
was expected to produce signatures from 15 card bearing members across the
constituencies in the region, which he fumed was not possible. Meanwhile, there
was no vetting process, no campaign and worse of it all no election guidelines
was made available to him after picking the forms. Mr Achuliwor echoed that in
the face of the challenges the Regional Executives assisted the other aspirants
to complete their forms. The practice, he said was unethical and a display of open
bias in favour of the three aspirants. He stated that since due process was not
followed, he was considering legal action against the party for failing to
adhere to the party’s electoral laws and processes. Mr Achuliwor, seized the
platform to appeal to the rank and file of the party to do away with petty
squabbles in the party and unite so as to ignite the party’s chances in 2016.
GBC
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